Blog,
read before you send.
Practical reads on invitations, RSVP, guests and the day itself, written from how hosts plan.
Book the day first,
the invitation comes later.
A save the date books the day before the invitation exists. Who gets one, how far ahead to send it, what to leave off, and wording you can copy.
Invitations & save the dates
The date that decides everything, is not your wedding day.
The caterer's final-numbers date governs everything, not the wedding day. The send window, the RSVP deadline, and what moves both.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
How to send digital wedding invitations a practical guide.
A practical, step-by-step guide to sending digital wedding invitations: design, wording, sharing by link or QR code, and tracking RSVPs live.
16 July 2026 · 4 min read
Digital vs paper invitations an honest comparison.
An honest comparison of digital and paper invitations: cost, speed, RSVP tracking, corrections after sending — and how a QR code lets you keep both.
16 July 2026 · 3 min read
Send it on WhatsApp, and know who is coming.
Send one link to a whole guest list on WhatsApp, with wording you can copy — and see who replied, which an image can never tell you.
25 August 2026 · 3 min read
Planning the day
Three decisions come first, and the rest follows from them.
The three decisions that come before the venue, the five suppliers to book first, and the paperwork that runs on a calendar you do not set.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
Write the day down once, then hand it to someone else.
An example running order for an afternoon ceremony, the three moments that need slack, and what suppliers get versus the five lines guests see.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
Agree the order early, and the speeches run to time.
The traditional order, the modern one, and where speeches sit in the day. How long each should run, how many speakers is too many, and what to tell them.
3 September 2026 · 12 min read
Say the number first, and the rest of the conversation gets easier.
The old division, the three ways couples split it now, the words that open the conversation, and what to write down once you have agreed.
3 September 2026 · 12 min read
Tell them what to wear, and nobody has to ask.
Black tie to garden party in plain terms: what each level asks of a guest, how to word it on an invitation, and the three things that override it.
3 September 2026 · 12 min read
A wedding budget that stays honest
How to build a wedding budget that survives contact with reality: category shares, a contingency line, tracking paid vs promised — with a free tracker.
5 August 2026 · 2 min read
The seating chart, without the headache
A practical way to build a wedding seating plan: when to start, how to group tables, handling dietary needs — with a free drag-and-drop tool and no guest limit.
5 August 2026 · 3 min read
Your guests
One page your guests open, instead of asking you again.
Choose the look, add the date, the schedule and the RSVP, then share one short link. How to build a wedding website and keep it right until the day.
3 September 2026 · 12 min read
The wedding guest information page what to put on it.
The checklist for a wedding website that answers every guest question: schedule, directions, hotels, dress code, Q&A, photo gallery and guest book.
16 July 2026 · 2 min read
How online RSVP works and how to get every reply.
What an online RSVP is, how guests reply without an app, and how hosts get a live headcount with dietary notes, deadlines and capacity limits.
16 July 2026 · 3 min read
Twenty people have not replied, and the caterer needs a number.
Why guests go quiet, when the caterer's count is really due, and four short messages you can copy to get the last replies in without nagging.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
The book by the door, and the one in every pocket.
Half the room walks past the book by the door. How a digital guest book works, how to get people to write in it, and why keeping both is not a failure.
3 September 2026 · 11 min read
Your guests took the other photographs, and you have a fortnight to collect them.
Two directions: the photographs your guests took, and the set from your photographer. Where both should live, who may see them, how long to keep them up.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
Music happens five times, and only one of them is dancing.
The day needs music five separate times and each one behaves differently. What the meal needs, what the dance floor needs, and how to gather song requests.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
Everyone is flying in, so the invitation has to say more.
Two very different weddings hide behind the same phrase. How to plan each one, and how to give guests flying in the detail a card cannot hold.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
Other celebrations
Agree the money first, then design the weekend to fit.
Set the budget before the plan, invite the right people, and send an invitation that carries the dates, the cost per person and a deadline that is real.
3 September 2026 · 10 min read
Two families meeting, not a small wedding.
When to hold an engagement party, who hosts and pays, and the guest list rule that saves the most trouble: everyone there is invited to the wedding too.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
Plan it around one person, and the afternoon runs itself.
How to organise a baby shower: when to hold it, who to invite, a two-hour shape that does not drag, and how to ask for gifts without writing a shopping list.
3 September 2026 · 12 min read
The ceremony keeps its own time, the rest of the day is yours.
Wording for a christening, a baptism or a naming day, with the timing a baby will actually keep and a reply count you can hand the caterer.
3 September 2026 · 14 min read
A sixth birthday, a fortieth, and almost nothing in common.
Two different events under one word: a children's party that has to be short, and a milestone that has to be invited early. Running order, money, replies.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
You need a real number, not a show of hands.
How to run RSVPs for a company party, client evening or conference dinner: the deadline, dietary needs, access, the door list and what finance asks for.
3 September 2026 · 13 min read
Every celebration, one account
One account, unlimited events: run the engagement, the wedding and the birthday in parallel — each with its own guest list, budget and seating plan, free.
5 August 2026 · 2 min read
Free, paid and the small print
Are free wedding websites really free?
Most 'free' wedding sites are funded by registry commissions or ads. What free actually includes in 2026 — and how Vowly Event's free plan draws the line.
5 August 2026 · 5 min read
What happens when my trial ends?
Nothing is deleted and the app does not lock. What actually closes when a Vowly Event trial ends, what stays free forever, and how the same link reopens.
5 August 2026 · 2 min read
Guides,
for the planning behind the day.
A long guide behind each planning tool: how a seating plan is actually built, what an RSVP should ask, where the budget goes, and what to write on the invitation.
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